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Meth use doubled in the last year (www.rnz.co.nz)

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[–] liv@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 days ago

I love this quote:

It wasn't the case that suddenly people woke up in that last quarter of 2024 and decided, 'Well, we're going to double our meth use'' or 'We're really interested in meth suddenly'."

I don't love the increase in cheaper meth though. Meth was already a disaster.